Motorola Snags Russian Broadband Supplier Deal

The Motorola Inc. Broadband Communications Sector (www.motorola.com/broadband) has been selected by PentaCom Ltd. (http://www.pentacom.ru), a wholly owned subsidiary of Russia Broadband Communications N.V., as a key supplier in the development of its Moscow region broadband network.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed at press time.

As a key technology supplier, Motorola will provide the core solutions that enable PentaCom to offer advanced interactive broadband data, voice, and video services to more than one million homes in Russia.

Motorola will supply voice over IP (VoIP) consumer premise equipment, cable modems and cable modem termination system (CMTS) technology, along with network infrastructure electronics that include fiber optical transmitters and nodes, and cable television decoders.

"We are committed to doing what is necessary to help PentaCom deliver advanced services to their subscribers," G. Bickley Remmey, corporate vice president and general manager of Motorola Broadband - Europe, Middle East and Africa, said in a statement today.

"Russia Broadband Communications is leading the cable industry in Russia by making services like voice and high-speed data available to its customers," Remmey said.

"Motorola is a leading developer of VoIP technology, are one of the first companies worldwide to deploy VoIP on a broadband cable system, and have a wealth of experience in the design and manufacture of all of the aspects of the broadband network," Ken Rodgers, CEO of Russia Broadband Communications, explained in a statement. "They have also developed the world's leading EuroDOCSIS cable modem platform and CMTS technology."

PentaCom will use the Motorola CG4500E as a consumer premise device, the Motorola BSR 1000 CMTS/router, and Motorola SURFboard SB4000 DOCSIS and SB4101 EuroDOCSIS cable modems.

In addition, PentaCom will use Motorola's OmniStar optical platform video encryption system and CT-1900 cable TV decoders.

Motorola's VoIP Communications Gateway equipment provides the interface between the cable plant infrastructure and the various subscriber devices in the home, such as telephone handsets and personal computers. The telephony services are delivered to the home utilizing industry-standard VoIP signaling protocols carried over a high-speed data service.

The high-speed data service is delivered to the home via the EuroDOCSIS protocol standard. This CG4500E provides exceptional availability, enabling primary line telephony service when deployed with its companion battery backed-up power supply (UPS), according to the companies.

The CG4500 Series Communications Gateways are available in two models, which support the DOCSIS and EuroDOCSIS protocols. The CG4500 Communications Gateway supports two Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) lines via two independent, RJ-11 interface jacks. Either telco line may be remotely enabled or disabled independent of the other line.

In addition to supporting telephony services, the Communications Gateways also provide high-speed data links with both 10/100 Base T Ethernet and USB data ports. The BSR 1000 leverages DOCSIS technology to provide a cost-effective solution for low-density deployments. Motorola's BSR product family of carrier-class, content-aware CMTS/routers, which includes the BSR 1000 and BSR 64000, is designed to provide operators with high network availability, as well as the control of each subscriber's traffic at the application level that next-gen services require.

PentaCom Ltd. is developing a 27-city network in the Moscow region that will serve approximately one million homes over the next four years, making it one of Russia's largest cable television companies. A full-service provider of telecommunications products, PentaCom offers a wide array of communications services including six tiers of cable television, local and long-distance phone services, high-speed Internet access, and commercial voice and data services via PentaCom Business Services.

The Motorola Broadband Communications Sector was created when General Instrument Corp. was acquired by Motorola Inc. in January 2000.

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